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~~ *a , K ~"' IMPERIAL _PARLIAMENT.. IT'D LSE OF PEERS; WEDNESDAY, MAY JO. F .. ~~~ / 1 . ESSRS. PHELPS at)d-Co. of tuperis-}}ridge intbrm their Correspondents, that their SOAP and A Lis: ALI MA NUE cTo KIES are going on a:. heretofore. The Mineral Alkali, East-India Alkali,. Natrun, Black Ash. &c. (the sullied, of the late Seizure) having been restored to them, by order of Ills Majesty's Doan! of t xcise.' • May t 4, 18,9, . PHELPS and Co.. Counsel ws tetird in the appeal Frank v. Frank. The 1ri..11 Friendly Society Bill was brotight up from the cortimons, and read a first time. • MILITIA com'PLE:rioi4 BILL. In a Committee of the House upon this Bill, some conversation took place between •the Duke of Nor folk and the Earl of Liverpool, respeaing a clause relative, to the recruiting on the confines of different t:o.nties. The result was that the clause was ex punged. - . • The Report of the Committee was then ordered to ..be taken into consideration on Friday. The Lorn CJD,NCIALoft acquainted -the House th a t t h e C,ommis,i.ll - 4ers on the Scots Judicature litil would not be able to make any repot of their pro bef.:)N Frit;i3v ;. li shottla therefore ni.tirt d:ty , tiouve the. cli,enarw, of tip:. Order f o r cloy r;,r the recontmittornr ., 4 the 11;110,-.-Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, 'MAY 10. The Norwich .Bridgs Bill was read a third time, an d pissed. A Message from the Lords announced their Lord ship' assent to several private Mr. JouNsorr brought up certain Papers from th e tDaiCe of the Chief Secretary for Ireland.—Oidered to lie on the table. 111'. C. DUNVAS presenfed a Petition against the W indsoe Lauds !Al.—Ordered to be referred to the Committee on 'the Rill. Mr. Botterk: postponed his motion for a .INlo wainent le the memory of Capt. Hardinge till Mon illy nxt. ' ij ot je“ Fr p N , from the Of iee of the Court. it I. , :ieclit.quier in Ireland, broeght up certain Papers, which Were ordered to lie On the table. Mr: Bborek moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act of the 35th year of his preseet Ma lest y, relating to the removal of Paupers, and to repe!tl part • of .an Att compelling _them to wear bakes. Mr. WirITER EAT) seconded the motion. Though' be had for the laSt two Sessions beat silent with re seed to the poor laws, he sheik] at aititere period Mike a trees etfOrt'lo retOrtit the s'ystern. Be would also again endeavour to gain the itawl:en of Parlia ment to a measure he had in qattneaelation for dif. • fusing the advantages of education more generally throughout the country. After a .few. words from Mr.'Womii i ; i r, leave was granted to bring in the Bill, which , bronght read a first, and ordered to be read a second tithe on Tuesday next, and to be printed. The UnANCWI,L.OIi ' Oi the Ex oft EQVIEW obtained to bring in ,a Bill to exonerate smtill Li%ings Ulla' CLlTitallid institutions. from the Land• Tax: TM; WALOPFICE. Mr. WARDLE' rose, to make his motion relating to the department of the Accomptant-General Of the War-Office., Since 1797 the increase of Clerks had been very great, yet. the business was not coodkiaed •, with, greater expedition than fOrtnerly. The Ac» cr,wutty of the. War,Otfice, important as they were, . ought not to be. peglected ; • bin he could prove they were in the greatest ,coninsinn. Every change that ' hail been made had been made for the worse. That whieli in the patent system cost the public h4,0n01. might be better pet formed for ,tawful. He would ondertake to *dere•-a person equal to such an tin.. dertaking, and willing to fake upon himself the ma nagement fin' at Som not exceeding 30.0001. per an num. Ha thoT,;ht it Lis to i tauve; that the pa- - pets relating. to Inc tvetel Eeeet of tie .Accountant ~'General of the War-Oifiee be laid b‘.!fore the House, that they might he put in poisesiion of the facts to which he wis;ied to call their attention. I lie di l not persof....ily attack Ministers ; he e erred against a gytti in \c hid tie ilii);t i ;ltt so bad that it're eitired• air entire. change, ft wit 4 sintqe that jbe Aecoreus of the Wer-Qnice shoeld ever have been seffored to get thus in arlear. No'cutimiun nor.; chimes accopots, utemporneit as they Nere when compared 40 IhO•ti of die War-tit-flee, were ever permitted to fall into such contkAsiorr; how repro hensible thee must they be whose negligence had suffered RCet4lnti of such importance to remairrun inveiefeated. Within theSe few years, a soma 'a , new War-Office had sprung up in George street whielt'he understood Was ii great additional expence to the country ; a number ot,Clerl:s were employed, many of w honi were tine gentlemen,, who resided ont ref •,town, and only looked in once or twice a week at the Office..:. The Hon. Geolleinan, otter a lc:Windier remarks,:caticluded by moving—" That tie:9'e he laidbefore the House returns of all the re `, ginrental aceoents now in the War-Office, specify ing tlinw. which have been settl e d, and thlsse which 0 11. , C not ; also tettlftiii of all the annual regimental . as which were tribe Carried inn:marmots from the of Scptomixr, 1807, 16 the 24th of Sep... ;30 , t, specifying those which had been carried intu , t,viarants, and those ‘vhcii had not, and also specifying. whether they were tor cavalry, mi litia, or feneibles." ..l lie • seeete'ra,ey at WAR did not riqe to oppose the motioil altogether.; but at it be m : ::. bron2hi for ward immediately would ha nrodth*:tiVe of great in ,conveniences,,he could tv isii the Hon. Gentleman to withdraw it for the present. Some measures had al ready been taken to - ref Orin the evils complained of; Other -, were taking at the present 'moment. It was not denied but :he ecetionts of the War Office were, eoosiderably ie arrest, and that a radical Chang e ahould be of led' to prevent r.uelOnconvenienees arising itt lame. The subject w:(is already before a Committee Of that, lions.. In this bi t pillicm of tt%auge, what, fAurpose could the immediate produaion of the liners ncswer ? A less :complicated and more ccono,' rnieai system had been introduced, whiCh he trusted would give gener4l satisfaaion. In i 797, a change Lad taken place which Ole Hon, Gentleman bad stated made pap worse, It had certandy not an swered the expetiatibmeof Government ; but when the pecUliar sitUation of our army at that time, gether with other adventitious circumstances - were, taien into: coni.iderwrion, a less dtweo • of censure' might appear to be `merited than the HMI. Gentlemau seemed inclined to bestow. The lion. Gen tleman had matte comparison htitwilen The accounts of the War Office and those of a- private tnerchant, but the comparison did not hold pod, as the diffi culties attending an examination of the accounts of the War-9ffite could only be c9nceived- by those' who witnessed them. The Honi Gentleman had stated that he would pledge hirospt to get the bud ness Managed for 30,0001. If he meant merely to settle the accounts, it would be 4 very good bargain for his Fiend, as at , present the income of the clerks did not exceed ,70001. the sum of 54,0001. completely covered the whole nipences of the esta blislimentl Mr. LUNG agreed , that it vraS necessary to intro-' duce some change in the systpm, but did not think it would he proper to enter. at present on the proposed examination. Mr. WINDHAM said, the Th was the business of the War-Otfice had increase d so much that it WAS necessary to employ a greater number of persons than were formerly employed. They had more and consequently were ohlied to employ more mil lers.' The . increase of the and still more the ch th anges at had taken place, increased the work and added so . much tv Ow codfusion, that the accounts even with an acl.iitional nt4nber of hands, could not he kept frem glyning in artear. It had been thought that I'lollEl,ly accounts would . b.doetter'than, loaf. terly ; but experience had'proved the contrary.— With reseed to the nt-iw otlice iu Geurge-strdet, as tie business, had increeised so much that they were' obliged to.take on new clerks, it was proper wise to have a new 'places tOr them to do it in, as there could nut be room for them in the old War- Office. Where the business Was so gteatly increas ed, it became oecetsary ti.) take on new hands, as the only possible means of keeping the accounts from falling into arrear. Mr. WITILBREAD did not belleVe, that in , the history of figures, an ;Asiatic° could be adduced' where accounts, howevei couiplicated, could not be so simplified as to be brought at once to the view of an individual; and it it was possible to briog!stnns thus complicated, 'in stick 'a (them' that the whole might becomprehetidtAl by an individual,,he thought it strange that they could nut be made equally clear to Government. The Hon; Gentleman then replied to various parts of Mr. Wiedham's ~ peech, Advert ing to the. circumstances of emigrants. having been adMitted Ho the Ofti . ..es, he took occasion to ob serve, that INT. Do Coarmilly, in - a bunk which he had thought- proper to give to the uortd. in 1797, had stated that many sums bad bee tk paid to Inn) to pay away agartrto others, and that of MO !ostrts thus dis borsvd he had given in an exact accpent. 4 e shonld like mtt,!li to see that a:count: ' Some 'extraordi-; nary. prnceeiiing occurred to his memory, which were allowed in the time of:Mr. 'Charles Ditudas— French prisoners had been.iaken- from - . their prisons by certain emigrants, nod put in our ranks: HOw ever averse those men ini , Yht be to fight - log-our bat l ties, yet tar temptation fttld'oui!to thern, was too great tor tre a ty' - of them to' resist. 'When the regi ments to whiCh they belonged were t“luted, they' were exclidoged for litigl;sli prlsonct# of, war ;• ncr was that all, till opportunity, offered fOr tixeltmtg .ing them, they being )et loose on . sociery, t iostead of being again committed tee their prisons. 'COuld any syttetn: be worse than this The services 0 1 the • Royalist, who, true .to the', cause of his MOitich, was enxions to tight in our ratikseigainst his Master's enetnies, might be accepted of wit!' some propriety; 'but to enlist Fcettclimen genCia;;y, 111 ,ueit a way, appeared to turn a policy se'itieNplicable, that he . Could not help consi t iering such condUct little shOrt of iosanity. His feelings tel thet stajett were sncli, that he would then give melte ofa motion, which . he veldt! make at "a totute period, for.,Returns of all taw Prisoners now -• in our Service, specifying what .caused them to enter into, our army, where tl);.r may be serving, and what- emolumentWmay be the !reward of titer servicet." They bad a convtlrs:i. tion, ;.1 tew eveningi ago; on the btitylet iat" Bantu I lonipc 6 cs being a General io our service; more usit:fit. be said on that subject hereafter. • T.,returti to question,. he thought that the aeLines ttiight be, ,ind „on6rbt to he, sinipliti,!d. - le,e•jtj g h t 41 01) . SCCretilty had supposed airs Hon. Friend, when he I lie 'sv.ouitl. get that: done. ler which cost , CA ER; meant he would 54,00(f1. had snppo trierely I;;ertho accounts settled for that sum. wonitt tin 2 deceive him on th.tt Honbtir.e abl e Friejet for • eu,oota. mould engage tomtit:le the - whole of the businesS, tak , ng tire Right •tlee. Secretary into '4114.; • bargain. . He could ea:;ily con ceive that it ',might ; - be done, and /tug the clerks might be better paid. '!'here utitcht be fewer of them, and yet the wt» k nklit be butter done. The Honourable Gentleman who spoke last thotiitht necessary" to "employ many hat tds to expedite the huoness ; but it so eiany were empfuyed; that they stood iii each other's way, they would retard instead. of advanciogit, lie thoeglit the popery ought to be produced, and trusnet they would not be tefused. Mr; : 11. Tuout: - -rorq was,ot opiition, that the Claw of a Committee would be tnis-spet,t by such a long ' examination as would, be proposed by thtr Honotsr 7 able Gentleman. lle would rift her rte geirtral Iu ii to the heads Of tilt be tv'lto; from/combining a knowledge of that particular bositu-S's wine the ge ' neral intOrmatiou necessary' to, it, would.. enable the :11 , 3,ii,edi to . Fixeed under the hot , aus picespoihible.' "car, 130vrtiva5T conturred with the opinion of the Hoot:LirlWe Gentktnan who last sat dbwe. The War-Oilice, he would say; was an ()Alec of not of douh;t: entry, 'or Italian book•h6.!plog •lie cLarceived that Honourable Gtialemett diould give ;t More accurately defined. notion of simplinegion nit That head than they harl done. :! The SEouirl'4ity at WA it . rosts to explain, Mr; HusKtsioN, Getierdl tTh, and Mr. P. Mootra, each whined Nome onservati6ns on the subteiL.t. PARNELL, Ilia intention, early in the Intiowing, .Setoion, to Move trir a.lea Cottitii;i tte, in order to iinitort'l into the inaitre, tlod give it more corret,it statement of the Pubhe.Accot.lott than thift which bad been otliTed. . The question was diva put rani sigrred to. Mr. Wurratt 1 0 . AD said, that in Cclllgequei)ce of hi; nderstandiog that the Marquis Wetiesiey 'wttS logo uut to Spain ax Ambassador, in room , of Air. Freye, 0 did not think necesstiry . .to pursue op . )? further THE siT N. 110LX QC IS 1)1Calt ►A LXUM AVOIItAT L 0 ND 0 N, I'IIUItSIAY, NAY 11, 1209., Government this . morning received accounts front Lisbon of a 'very :faMuiable nature. They were brought by the Sidtira, - which' sailed , from Lisbon On the 25th ult. Sir A, WELLEstRY had arrived there on the 2: . )‘1,, ftfieri passage,Of seven dayS.. 7 , - Oar army was in the field, and was advancing to muds Oporto, which there was very little doubt would soon surrender. The reports of the progress of a large French army under Gen. Vtc ton, on . the .eastern frontiers of I'oring:ll, appear to be• wholly without four ration. VlCTOU,sacCording ts) the fair accounts, remaintd at Merida, General thqtEiFORD c to..organize the Per tugueee, and we rtre l: '' }:)r imig to add that those excl . -, tions have been attended with great success : the Pois now fcirmidabls, both in point of t o t a ng ul ti b e e s r e s Aatridmydi Jr appears hy,the account of a Gentleman who left France very lately, , that 'there -are such enor mous quantities of corn, wine, and, other articles, •upoy hand, that,the , prices., , areso much reduced as to render . the landholders •unable to pay , their contri-, butions to S.;overrituctit. Thisi st:ite of thi ngq at length induced three of the to venture upon the hazardoto task of making a represn'iltion 10itIoNAPALI,TE lip(?1) the and it ~v: e% peZ:ted that.a Deeres would he kiw.e.l- to pormitith'e exportathin 91coro,.1liitir, Lthd brandy; and %0 pro •,l4Wit. the importAion of Atuf_ STRUN the A41,11),15y:1 4 .1 6 r in PC:ltiCe, 'had thig OLtaSiOn thought 'proper to send a second ex pres4 After the Nlessenger.appotn;ed to carry his dispatches to Atneoa, 19r the tiurpas,, , , it is sup po,wd, of givihg information of this Decree to iti A; t h oug h, we e utert n io 1 1 0 (I,,iibt that the aCcOtints given in the Vrench Bulletins contain gross ex,agge- , rations of the real In as,. yet it , is obvious tharthe Austrians .must have su,tained Some severe' defeats. 13u0NArititTa bas, 01) this occasion as well as on others; derived infinite advantage flom.iito rapidity, of hisown movements, and from the circumstance c if-jtj's (+pollen's dividing their fureei. The Aus trian .force in Bill:Ilia was undoubtedly more nu tuerous titan that of the French,' but it was divided, aid Bur t , f4I'MITE'd force:being superior these dl r. vWons, he beat them separately. The Austrians, however;. haying retired. in clifferent direaioniz, viz; into . Bohemia, across the Inn, and into the Tyrol,. I.ll. , ONArAtirrr: Le under the ileces3ity of 1) knees, and if the Cabinet of Vienna are not panic ruck with the4edeteao, and do not sue for peace, tti- termination of the campaign may be extremely. clitlt_rc.l;t from its commencentolt. The French and I Papers which arrived last night, and from w i ltich we have made extrat9s, give us no further respaling, the operations of the hostile ar cities : they metniJne a report, howevr, that' thy: `A:chtinke Jonti had been cut oil in en attempt to enter the 'Tyrol, mid that his corps had• been compelled to lay down its arms. We trust that this report will prove ntrfourit.'il, fur we . entertain most Faupine expesnitions of thtt trrieficial coniequeoce that are likely_ to result to the. Austrian einkie from the energy and pattiutiiill of the people of the T) rel . .; Some of the letter's oltickarrived yesterlty from klohnd, stated, that a French General and 4000 1 niece . had 061u:illy : been taken prisoners in the Tyrol. —They also added, ..that . insurreaion of a serums nature had-broken out in flesse cassel., and that Jr ... i ! ,) NI E fi UON A PA RTE had taken refuge in Cassel Ou t we cannot pledge ourselves to the truth of these re ports. • Since writing the above, we have been favoured with the fol)owing account, given by the Austrians, of ,the events which took place at the conttneuca- went of the Campaign in Bavaria.. Our Readers will rejoice to fiud that this account differs mate- rially from that given its. the French Bulletins 'SUPPLEMENT EXTRAORDINARY TO THE PIIIVILgGED GALi;TTE OF PiIieCATE. " On the iad 'Ain if, at tline in the evening, Count - AyznsrmaG, Adjutant-General to I►is 1111" perial Highness the Generalissimo, arrived at his Majesty's Itead-iiatterS 'at Schardini. Ile 4 a s sent ok the t'..tcl'frotn'tlie field of : battle. The two Chiefs and the two araiies advanced on:that day t 6 combat each -other—SUccess was' on the side of Anstrans. The Generalissimo caused the post Abbac . h, on the Leber, tri be attacked, for which we had in van contended the preceding evening, and he carried it. The third Corps of the army totic Faitpont. Whilst 'the right wing of the Aus ,• trian army was vitaorions, the enemy succeeded in getting possession of Echmuhl, but . the presence of the Generalissinio restored order, *and thus ended a battle Which had lasted five days without interruption.—We have in this and other previog of :sirs taken a great number - of prisoners, among u Ito n are a Lieutenant-General unde - r the orders of . Marshal DAVOUST. The loss on both sides has hco great—We have several Generals and Officers of the Etat Major Wounded—The first .corps of the army has advanced to , f-Temmenau, and.touches the good army by Abbach." Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his 1 4 A 3E514- arrived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor, w hef he was received by the Didiei of Yon*, .CuNtaLK pA::,Tn, KR:IT, SOssex, end CAunittnott. • Soon lifter two o'clock his 111,0itS:rir . field a Prig vale Levee, which was attended The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Ctithicil, the First Lord of the Trea-. stay, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Master-Genet - d i of ;he Ordnance, the fliree Secretaries of State, the Chan rellor of the Excequer, 'the Commander is Chief, the far Advocate, the Lord Ch.trithelaio, the Lord.Steward' of Ili° !household, the Duke of Montrose, Sro. . TheV,lowing had the- honour , of being presented to lii9 MAJESTY sir C.:1104r timlAnd t union his being created a Montt'. _ • . Mr• Curzon, upon his marriage. his Maim E. Parker of,the• tyth4ht Dragoons, niI0•1 pronrotion. re silo Arbuthnot, nn his being trilo;nteLl SecretarY • Trtt.tsury. lion. Capt. Cadogan, ulion his promotion. His MAJeSTY held a Privy . CottOcil, and gave 311- (Fes enc to the Lottr) CIiANCELLOIi j the Du ef ne.- l'ortm..No, ;Ind the rest '9f the'eabinei• Minister" preseat; Sir Dt.iNl).lt, atid Mr. 11Yosg, laid before ills MAJas'iy the procee.dings Of severs Coors Martial.' • About seven o'clock his . hIAJP.STY set off 0 0 big ret::i.a to Wiodsur. Yesterday a ballot was t a ken at t h e East-rot" House for the elOion of a D.reCtor for. four yel t i the room of Jon N :7`)lA .if4lllr, s ESC ) . resigned' 1 ,1• • • dc, the wt.:re finally closed, oilti, 6-1- k ered so the. Strutineers, who at nine rick)" re. ported the nnnilwr4 lo be, . rOt Witiiain E sc] , 557 lames 11,1110, Ehri. - * 4c9 Esq. 440 4ntitorty•Cltarniet,' - 3 2 3 , ,t heieupoii WILL IAM Wtt rOAM F sci. was " A 1 ' -e duly elcrird. On . Sunday. the Duchess. of Yoaw completed he.t 42d year, which was not celebrates till AontlilY, • OatlandS. Their MAJEFIIES, Princesses Al- 705.1%4 .; Atkin"; and attendoLl tslAcLitirtELD, irrit'ed (here soon after one o'ci v is, and were received by the Duke and Otichds (. 41 ,,1i of acCoMpanied. by the 'Prince of WAi Ss, Th "* ; os' KRNT,CUMBERLANO, CLARENCE, lila CAN'OT ( 0 11 The Dukeot Yon §.'s band (the tst regimeot) , ,: n 6ocl uniform, was in attendance, end struck OP save the King. About three o'clook the Itepli 'Ta l e sat down to a sumpttions 'dinner; daring 'Whi c *,4 to band played upon the lAA'S), and then t:oafir iti t, f iss do so tor . an hour Rfterwrirwhile tlivir .and the Family walked dq' to tin the lawn.—ln the o ct! " -- ttleir MAlesTris and the .PaiNcFssr.s iciortia4 Windsor: • Trompeuse sloop of wars picked aP stby at'sea. The were brought °;.) t he a small sloop, which auntie , " the notica Trout , and alter a short cline, was ol)s erY throw overboard a strap caslc l , enclosing dr , P 3l ,, r ds with wilag to render it Conspicuous, and attedY' made s'ailfor Calais. - frotrt On Tuesday a large fleet of Transports stt►lt t] P . ortsmouth for 'LI-hon, under co:iv i)S of the PSt.o'r Captain PEARCE ; they carry out reinforCem e6 most of the intantrY regiments in Portugal; n e . 4 fo r 500 of them were , volunteers from the Militia . ., W regiments now - serving under Sir ARTHUR ilij;;io LEY in . Portug.tl. Many .thlicers Went, ont.o I I , their regiments; among them, Majors M`P . , 05 ,,• 41 " 0 : 1 ELDER, and Autti. A larg e diviSion of the NY ' I P Trainand soothe Artillery we.it out. the t:6•,lcc Lich' he had giN en - of a mot:(in tLit sublei':t, for, a f;:ouro day. Ho should thaeluic withdraw that potice, Mr. Fos ER obtained lea►e to bring in a Bill to reulate the duties upon parer in *lnd also for a-Bill to cprueure the better colletion of the duties on. dogs, hOrseg, &c. in Ireland.. Sir J. NEWPORT gave notice- of a "notion, which on a 'future evening he shortldAake, ,fespet.ting• the superannuation of- ottices in Ireland. . . Mr. WHARTON brought up the Report of the Com mittee of Supply,.the regolutions of which'wer read and agreed to, , , . . t 1 r: HusKtssoN having obtained .leave to that effe6t, brought up a' copy of. tlte letter front hi i NO jesty's Surveyor-Gen. of CrOwn Lands to the Lords ,pf .the Treasury; 'revelling the. proposed &cite of Col. Gorclon's house.—Ordered to be printed, and lie on the table. The Irish. Post Roads Improvement PO was read' a Srearld lime, and ordorcd to be corotr:i.test. The SCotcli Lo :Militia Bill i;vii3 read a third • . time, and pat,:ied. • . Mr. P. .Mootte wished to know of the .Right Hononrahltl Gentleman oppositi (tha•Sqcretarv, for • Ireland), whether it was intended to report from the Special Committee appointed by a Right Pon. Friend of his (Nir. Sheridan),•not now in hisplaee, to in'quire Imo the priSon abuses of Ireland.. • • Mr. R. DUN DAs replied in the athralatiye.' • •Tho lrisit Assize Fees Bill* was read a second time, and ordered for committal. • • Leavewas.. obtained by an Honourable Member (whose nanw we could not learn), to bringin a bill for th e more vtroAttal ineventiop of smuNing. • The other Orders of The bay bein“:4pLued of;. the House adintirnecl„ MAILS. Aitrt.ivs , b—t Dublin , r Waterford. Duz-2 , Gotte.7burzti, Malta, t Lisbon, .2 WatCribrd. OF STOCKS • , rtite , DA Y AT TWILVIL O'CLOCK. C 0115016 •